2002年全球顶尖商学院Essay题目列举

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Carnegie Mellon University Graduate School of Industrial Administration 2002-2003

Location: Pittsburgh, PA Website: www.gsia.cmu.edu

Application Due Dates: Nov. 15, Jan. 15, Mar. 31, Apr. 30

Requirements

Essays: Three essays (two pages each)
Interview: By invitation only
Recommendations: Two, with one preferably coming from your direct supervisor
Résumé
Application fee: $100
Essay Questions and Types

What are your reasons for undertaking MBA study at Carnegie Mellon? Please describe how your experience, education, Carnegie Mellon MBA and future career plans relate to each other. Describe your short-term and long-term objectives and how you plan to achieve them. (Future Goals/School Fit)

Because MBA students work closely together, we would like to understand what there is about your background and your experiences that would make a contribution to the diversity of the entering class and enhance the educational experience of other students. (Diversity)

Please answer one of the following two questions:

a) Please describe an ethical issue that you have faced in your professional life, how you dealt with the situation and what the outcome was. (Ethics)

b) Please describe a failure or setback in your professional or academic life. How did you overcome this setback? What, if anything, would you do
differently if confronted with this situation again? (Failure)

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University of Virginia (Darden Graduate School of Business) 2002-2003

Location: Charlottesville, VA Website: www.darden.virginia.edu

Application Due Dates: Nov. 1, Dec. 3, Jan. 10, Feb. 11, Mar. 25

Requirements

Essays: Four, each of unlimited length
Interview: Applicant-initiated until mid-February. After mid-February, by invitation only.
Recommendations: Two, work-related recommendations are suggested
Application fee: $140
Essay Questions and Types

Specifically address your post-MBA short and long-term professional goals. How will Darden assist you in attaining these goals? (Future Goals/School Fit)

The Darden School seeks a diverse and unique entering class of future leaders. How will your distinctiveness enrich our learning environment and enhance your prospects for success as a leader? (Diversity)

Describe a significant leadership experience, decision-making challenge or accomplishment. How did this experience affect your professional and personal development (Leadership/Initiative)

Pose and address you own essay question (Personal Philosophy)

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Dartmouth College (Tuck School of Business) 2002-2003

Location: Hanover, NH Website: www.tuck.dartmouth.edu

Application Due Dates: Oct. 18, Nov. 1, Jan. 3, Apr. 18

Requirements

Essays: Five (four of 100 words, one of unlimited length answering a mini-case question)
Interview: Required
Recommendations: Two “Confidential Statements of Qualifications,” with one preferably coming from your direct supervisor
Application fee: $180
Essay Questions and Types


How would a colleague describe you? (Personal Evaluation)


What is the most important thing you have recently learned? (Personal Evaluation)


Tell us about a personal goal you recently pursued. (Leadership/Initiative)


Why have you decided to pursue an MBA? (Future Goals/School Fit)

An additional mini-case analysis. (Ethics)

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Harvard Business School 2002-2003

Location: Boston, MA Website: www.hbs.edu

Application Due Dates: Oct. 17, Jan. 7, Mar. 11

Requirements

Essays: Six (five of 400 words, one of 600 words)
Interview: By invitation only
Recommendations: Three, with one preferably coming from your direct supervisor
Résumé
Application fee: $190
Essay Questions and Types

Discuss an experience that has had an impact on your development as a leader. (Leadership/Initiative)

What are your three most substantial accomplishments, and why do you view them as such? (Leadership/Initiative)

Recognizing that successful leaders are able to learn from failure, discuss a situation in which you failed and what you learned. (Failure)

Discuss an ethical dilemma that you experienced firsthand. How did you manage and resolve the situation? (Ethics)

Provide a candid assessment of your strengths and weaknesses. (Personal Evaluation)

What are your career aspirations, and how can Harvard Business School help you reach them? (Future Goals/School Fit)

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INSEAD 2002-2003

Location: Fontainebleau, France & Singapore Website: www.insead.edu/mba

Application Due Dates: Feb. 1, Jul. 1 (rolling admissions)

Requirements

Essays: Eight (200-500 word each )
Interview: By invitation only
Recommendations: Two, both should come from people who are familiar with your professional capabilities
Application fee: ?200
Essay Questions and Types

Please give a detailed description of your job, including nature of work, major responsibilities, employees under your supervision, size of budget, number of clients/products and results achieved. (Professional)

Please give us a full description of your career since graduating from university. If you were to remain with your present employer, what would be your next step in terms of position? (Professional)

Give a candid description of yourself, stressing the personal characteristics you feel to be your strengths and weaknesses and the main factors which have influenced your personal development, giving examples when necessary. (Personal Evaluation)

Describe what you believe to be your two most substantial accomplishments to date (at least one must be professional), explaining why you view them as such. (Leadership/Initiative)

Describe a situation taken from school, business, civil or military life, where you did not meet your personal objectives, and briefly discuss the effect. (Failure)

Discuss your career goals. What are your alternatives to INSEAD? (Future Goals/School Fit)

Have you ever experienced culture shock? What did it mean to you? (Diversity)

What would you say to a foreigner moving to your home country? (Diversity)

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Stanford University 2002-2003

Location: Stanford, CA Website: www.gsb.stanford.edu

Application Due Dates: Oct. 30, Jan. 8, Mar. 19

Requirements

Essays: Two (both of unlimited length)
Interview: By invitation only
Recommendations: Three, two should come from people who are familiar with your professional capabilities and at least one from a direct supervisor. One letter should come from a peer.
Résumé
Application fee: $200
Essay Questions and Types

What matters to you most, and why? (Personal Philosophy)

What are your short-term and long-term career aspirations? How will an MBA education further your development? Why does the academic experience offered at the Stanford GSB appeal to you? (Future Goals/School Fit)

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University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton School) 2002-2003

Location: Philadelphia, PA Website: http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/

Application Due Dates: Oct. 24, Jan. 9, Mar. 13

Requirements

Essays: Four (two of 1000 words each, two of 500 words each)

Interview: By invitation only

Recommendations: Two, at least one should come from a direct supervisor

Résumé

Application fee: $175 online, $200 paper
Essay Questions and Types

Describe how your experiences, both professional and personal, have led to your decision to pursue an MBA at the Wharton School this year. How does this decision relate to your career goals for the future? (Professional Experience)


Describe a situation where leadership and teamwork were critical to the outcome of a project in which you were directly involved. What did you learn from the experience and how have you applied what you learned to other situations? (Leadership/Initiative)


Describe a personal achievement that had a significant impact on your life. Give specific details. What did you learn from this experience? How did it help shape your understanding of yourself and the world around you? (Personal Philosophy)


Please tell us something else about yourself that you feel will help the Admissions Committee know you better. (Personal Philosophy)

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan School of Management) 2002-2003

Location: Cambridge, MA Website: http://mitsloan.mit.edu/

Application Due Dates: Oct. 29, Jan. 21 (for online apps)

Requirements

Essays: Five (four of 500-800 words each and a cover letter of unlimited length)

Interview: By invitation only

Recommendations: Two letters of recommendation
Résumé

Application fee: $175 U.S., $200 international
Essay Questions and Types

Please give an example of when you exhibited creativity in a personal or professional setting. Please describe your thoughts and actions. (Leadership/Initiative)


Please give an example of when you had an impact on a person, group or organization. Please describe the situation, your actions, and the results. (Leadership/Initiative)


Please give us an example of a difficult interaction you had with someone. Please describe the situation, what was difficult about it, and how you resolved it. (Teamwork)


Please write your own recommendation following our template on the recommendation form. You should use the third person and answer all questions except for #1. (Personal Evaluation)

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University of California Los Angeles (The Anderson School) 2002-2003

Location: Los Angeles, CA Website: http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/

Application Due Dates: Nov. 6, Dec. 27, Jan. 30, Apr. 4

Requirements

Essays: Four (500 – 1000 words each)
Interview: Recommended
Recommendations: Two, both should come from people who are familiar with your professional capabilities and one preferably from your direct supervisor

Résumé

Application fee: $150
Essay Questions and Types

Please provide us with a summary of your personal and family background. Include information about your parents and siblings, where you grew up, and perhaps a highlight or special memory of your youth. (Diversity)


Discuss a situation preferably work related, where you have taken a significant leadership role. How does this event demonstrate your managerial potential? (Leadership/Initiative)


Discuss your career goals and why you want an MBA degree. How will the skills you have developed to date contribute to your effectiveness in fulfilling your post-MBA career objectives? (Future Goals/School Fit)


Why specifically, are you applying to The Anderson School and what in particular, is most compelling about our program relative to your goals? (Future Goals/School Fit)

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Columbia Business School 2002-2003

Location: New York, NY Website: www.gsb.columbia.edu

Application Due Dates: Oct. 15, Mar. 1, Apr. 20 (rolling admissions)

Requirements

Essays: Four essays (one of 1000 words, two of 500 words each and one 250 words)
Interview: By invitation only
Recommendations: Two, with one preferably coming from your direct supervisor
Résumé (professional résumé and activities résumé)  
Application fee: $180
Essay Questions and Types

What are your short-term and long-term post-MBA goals? How will Columbia Business School help you achieve these goals? (Future Goals/School Fit)

Please cite and explain a specific situation in which you demonstrated initiative. (Leadership/Initiative)

Describe an experience in which the relationships you developed enhanced the outcome of a team effort. (Teamwork)

If you were given a free day and could spend it anywhere, in any way you choose, what would you do? (Hobbies)